The Brookhaven leader., 1887-09-15
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Gospel-nohodv can refus that.
The greatest sermons are not preached on
celebrated platforms; they are preached
with an audience OF two or three, and in
private home life. A consistent, conse-
Grated Christian service Il an unanswera'
BILE demonstration Of Gods truth.
A sailor came slipping down the rRtline
one night, as though some thing had hap
pened, and the sailors cried: whats the
natter" He said: "My mothers prayers
haunt me like ghost" Home influences
consecrated, Christian home Influences
are the mightiest Of all influences upon the
| soul. There are men here to day who have
maintained their integrity, not because
they were any better naturally than some
other people. hut because there were home
influences praying for them all the
time. They got u start. They were
launched on the world with the
1 henedictions Of Christian mother. They
may track Siberian SHOWS, they may
/ plunge in African jungles, they may fly To
I the earth's eud-they can not so SO far
/ and 50 fast hut the prayers will Keep up
with them.
| stand before women to-day who have
the eternal salvation of their husbands in
. their right hand. On the marriage day
YOU took an oath before men and angels
that YOU would he faithful and kind until
death did YOU part, and believe Won are
going To keep that oath; but after that
parting at the door of the grave, will il I've
eternal separation; Is there any such
thing as an immortal marriage, making
the flowers that grow ON the top of the
e,pulchre brighter than the garlands
which at the marriage banquet flooded the
air with aroma Yes; | stand here as
priest ui the most high God To proclaim
the hanns of an immortal union for all
those who join hands in the grace OF
Christ. q, woman. is your husband, your
father your son away from God? The
Lord demands their redemption at your
hands. There are prayers for you to offer,
there are celebrations for YOU to give,
there are examples for Won to set, AID |
say now, Us Paul said tn the Corinthian
woman:
What kuowe,t thou O woman bat thou
canst save thy husband:
\ man was dying, and he said to his
wife: "Rebecca, You wouldn't let inc have
family praVers: and Nou laughed about
all that, and on got me away into world.
illness: and now | am going 10 die,
and NV fate j. sealed, and Vuu are the
cause of nv ruin" - woman,
what knowest thou h,t thou canNt destroy
thy husband, Are there not some here
who have kindly Influences NJ home? Are
there not some here who have wandered
far away from God, " lo can remember
the Christian Influences Of their early
home Do not de,pise these influences,
rlN brother. Ii Won die without Christ,
" hat will You do with your mothers
PRAYERS, with yuu wifo'S opportunities,
with your sisters rntreatirs? What will
you do with the letters they use to write
You, with the memory 81 those days when
they attended You 50 kindly in times of
sickness Oh, if there lie just one strand
holding you from floating off ON that dark
sd. | would just ike, this morning.
t. take h,Id Of taat strand and
pail YOU - the beach For
tho sake Of your wfe's God, for the sake
of Your mothers God, for the sake OF
Your daughters God, for the sake Of your
sisters God, come this dar and be saved.
Lastly, wish t. say that one of the
specific rights OF woman is, through the
grace of Christ. finally to reach Heaven
Mary, Christ'S mother, in Heaven: Eliza
beth Fry in Heaven; Charlotte Elizabeth
in Heaven: the mother of Augustine in
Heaven; the Countess of huntingdon
who sold her splendid Jewels to build
tEh ItlS. III IltuN tli W ulIt q EASdO
others who have never been heard of on
earth, or known but little, have gone into
the rest and peace Of Heaven
What a rest, What change it was
from the small room, " it'll no fire and one
window, the glass broken out, and the ach
ing side, and Worn-out eyes, to the "hOuse
Of many mansi0is"' No more stitching
until twelve O'Clock at night: no more
thrustng OF the thumb by the employer
through the work to show it was not done
quite right. Plenty OF bread at last,
Heaven for aching heads. Heaven foI
broken hearts. Heaven for anguish bitten
frames. No more sitting up until mid
night for the coming Of staggering steps,
No more rough blows across the temple.
No more sharp, keen, hitter curses.
Some Of you will have no rest in this
world. 1t viii lie toll, ana struggle, and
suffering all the way up. You will have
to stand at yur door lighting back the
wolf with yuur own hand, red with car.
mage. But God has "A crown for You. ]
want YOU 10 realize this morning that he
j, now making it, and whenever You weei
q tear he sets another gem in that crown;
whenever You have pang of body OF
soul he puts another gem III that crown
until, after awhile, i'll all the tiara there
viii be no room for another aplendor, and
tod Will say to his angel: The crown j.
done; let her up that she may wear it,
And as the Lord of right
tousness puts the crown upon
your brow. angel Will cry to angel;
"Who is She" aud Christ will say; 81
will tell You Who she i. She is the one
that came mp out OF great tribukatiOn, and
had her robe washed and made white in
TIN blood OF the Lamb"
And then God will spread 1t banquet, and
lie will invite all the municipalities OF
Heaven to sit at the feast; and the tables
will blush with the best clusters from the
vineyards Of God, and crimson with the
twelve manner Uf fruits from the Tree of
Life and waters from the fountains of the
lock will nash from the golden tank
ards; and the old harPerS of Heaven
will sit there, making music with
their harps and Christ viii point You out,
amid the celebrities Of Heaven, saying:
"She suffered with me on earth, now we
are going to be glorifed together" And
the banqneters, no longer able to hold
their peace, will break forth with cOngrat-
ulGtiOn: Hail, hail" And there viii
be handwritingS on the wall-nOt such as
struck the Persian noblenan with horror
but tire-tippcd fingers, writing III blazing
capitals of light, ana love, and victory:
"God hath wiped away a!ltcars from al
faces :"
PRIDE OF ANCESTRY.